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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bell 407 · Searcy, AR · November 4, 2020

Date
November 4, 2020 · 19:00 local
Place
Searcy, AR
Airport
Searcy
Phase of flight
Other, Specify
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
2VKA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3191
Reported as
Bell 407
Reported engine
Allison 250-C47
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
3,000 total3,000 in this make and model6 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

11/04/2020 - While preforming auto rotations for a check ride, the aircraft hit the ground hard from ten feet. One main rotor blade glanced the top of the right vertical fin. No damage to the blade. Minimal damage to the fin. Aircraft skids had minor deflection. All hard landing and ica inspections were preformed. Skids were removed and replaced.

As the FAA filed it

11/04/2020 - WHILE PREFORMING AUTO ROTATIONS FOR A CHECK RIDE, THE AIRCRAFT HIT THE GROUND HARD FROM TEN FEET. ONE MAIN ROTOR BLADE GLANCED THE TOP OF THE RIGHT VERTICAL FIN. NO DAMAGE TO THE BLADE. MINIMAL DAMAGE TO THE FIN. AIRCRAFT SKIDS HAD MINOR DEFLECTION. ALL HARD LANDING AND ICA INSPECTIONS WERE PREFORMED. SKIDS WERE REMOVED AND REPLACED.